Advanced French | Chapter 6 vocab (page 216-218)

bénéfice (m.)

benefit, profit

bien-être (m.)

well-being

chômage (m.)

unemployment

commerce (m.)

trade

coopération (f.)

cooperation

croissance (f.)

growth

droits (m. pl) (humains)

(human) rights

écart (m.)

gap

économie (f.)

economy

effet (m.)

effect

expansion (f.)

expansion

externalisation (f.)

outsourcing

libre-échange (m.)

free trade

main-d;œuvre (f.)

labor, workforce

maladie (f.)

illness

matières (f. pl) premières

raw materials

mondialisation (f.)

globalization

multinationale (f.)

multinational (company)

niveau (m.) de vie

standard of living

ouverture (f.)

opening

pays (m.) en développement

developing country

produit (m.)

product

ressource (f.) naturelle

natural resource

revenu (m.)

income, earnings

savoir-faire (m.)

know-how

solidarité (f.)

solidarity

avoir l’habitude de

to usually do

créer (des emplois)

to create (jobs)

cultiver

to grow

engendrer

to generate, cause

épuiser

to exhaust

exporter

to export

fabriquer

to manufacture

faire concurrence à

to compete with

importer

to import

lutter

to fight

marginaliser

to marginalize

menacer

to threaten

produire

to produce

réglementer

to regulate

se spécialiser

to specialize

s’unir

to unite

agricole

agricultural

économique

economic, economical

efficace

efficient, effective

qualifié(e)

skilled

technologique

technological

à l’échelle mondiale

worldwide, on a global scale

à l’étranger

abroad, overseas

bon marché

cheap, inexpensive